Metaleptyphantes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Metaleptyphantes
Locket, 1968[1]
Type species
M. machadoi
Locket, 1968
Species

17, see text

Metaleptyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968.[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seventeen species:[1]

  • Metaleptyphantes bifoliatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
  • Metaleptyphantes cameroonensis Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Metaleptyphantes carinatus Locket, 1968 – Angola
  • Metaleptyphantes clavator Locket, 1968 – Congo, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Metaleptyphantes dentiferens Bosmans, 1979 – Kenya
  • Metaleptyphantes dubius Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 – Nigeria
  • Metaleptyphantes familiaris Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
  • Metaleptyphantes foulfouldei Bosmans, 1986 – Cameroon
  • Metaleptyphantes kraepelini (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java)
  • Metaleptyphantes machadoi Locket, 1968 (type) – Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania
  • Metaleptyphantes ovatus Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Metaleptyphantes perexiguus (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Africa, Comoros
  • Metaleptyphantes praecipuus Locket, 1968 – Angola, Seychelles
  • Metaleptyphantes triangulatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
  • Metaleptyphantes uncinatus Holm, 1968 – Congo
  • Metaleptyphantes vates Jocqué, 1983 – Gabon
  • Metaleptyphantes vicinus Locket, 1968 – Angola

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Metaleptyphantes Locket, 1968". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Locket, G. H. (1968). "Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Angola". Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 71: 61–144.


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